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Learning and Gathering What You Really Need to Know

Many of us single parents often feel like we are doing trapeze without a net. Even if you are a single parent by choice, you might have those days when you have no idea what you are doing and feel completely out of your element. For those others who have had single parenthood thrust on them by a separation, divorce, or death, you may feel like you are playing catch up all of the time. The most useful thing that any of us single parents might do, therefore, it to take time out to gather the information and resources we … Continue reading →

Homework Help: Fact Monster

Homework season is just around the corner. I can remember when research for homework consisted of sitting in the school library for hours looking for an answer to a particular question in books, immediately followed by getting your parents to drive you to the city library so you could continue your search through their books as well. Recognized as the Best Kids Site in July 2001 by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, Fact Monster is designed to help kids research their homework and look up information on a variety of different topics. The site is divided up … Continue reading →

Fitness Myths

Myth – You have to exercise for 30 consecutive minutes for it to be successful. Fact – If you work out in three 10 minute sessions per day, you will burn as many calories and you will receive as many of the same benefits as if you did the 30 minute session. Myth – Weight lifting is only for those who want to be overmuscled Atlas jocks. Fact – The only way to overdevelop your muscles in that fashion is to literally spends hours every day in the gym power lifting. Myth – Exercise builds muscle. When you stop exercising, … Continue reading →

Fact versus Fiction in Weight Loss

When it comes to sorting out the fact and fiction of weight loss and diet plans, it’s enough to make even the most studious person crazy. We can read all we want about ketones, proteins, carbohyhdrates and fats and at the end of the day, one diet may sound very much like another. So how do you separate fact from fiction>? Fact The facts about weight loss are that a realistic diet can help you lose around 2 pounds per week. A plan that promises faster weight loss is eliminating water and glycogen, not fat. When you lose weight very … Continue reading →